First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,143
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$13,427
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,248
Hawaii costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Hawaii — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$62,570
Kept after tax
$49,143
Worth in national money
$45,248
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Hawaii's middle earner gets $62,570, putting the state 14 of 51 — about 7.09% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Hawaii, this sits in the middle: 223 of 437 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $62,570 the take-home is $49,143. But Hawaii costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $45,248 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $63,590, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers, Hawaii sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $62,570, ranking 14 of 51 and running about 7.09% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers ranks 223 of 437 occupations in Hawaii by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Hawaii income tax is $49,143 for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers, from $62,570. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $45,248. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $63,590 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,070 |
| This salary | $62,570 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Hawaii | $49,143 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,455 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,732 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $58,448 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,561 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in Hawaii earn under $62,570 and half over. The published range runs $40,090 at the tenth percentile to $84,070 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Hawaii's $49,143, worked from $62,570. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 223 of 437.
- Two cautions on $45,248, the adjusted value of that $62,570 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Hawaii. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 223 of 437 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in Hawaii, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,090 to $84,070; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Hawaii take-home of $49,143, on $62,570 for work ranking 223 of 437 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 223 of 437 in the state.
- This $45,248 adjusted figure, worked from $62,570, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 223 of 437 in the state. The occupation ranks 223 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $40,090 and the top tenth $84,070, so most people doing this work in Hawaii sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Hawaii run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $45,248 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Hawaii's own levy, $49,143 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,090 to $84,070) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Hawaii rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Hawaii's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $45,248 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $49,143 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Hawaii income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.